If there is one thing that has indirectly ruled my life for the past 3.5 years, I’d have to say it is breastfeeding. I breastfed my first child until she was about 2 years and 9 months old. I’m still breastfeeding my 18 month-old. I’ve only had to give formula to one of my children,… Read more »

“Kimi has defeated the odds, battling breast cancer whilst pregnant,” a message on photographer Nikki Holmes’ Facebook page accompanied by 10 powerful photos read Wednesday. “Both she and baby-on-the-way are doing well — her positivity and strength shine through in these pics! She wanted to bare all to help raise awareness! Go Kimi you ROCK!!”… Read more »

When her daughter was 13 months old, Tricia (Trish) W. Andron, then 36, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Out of all the hardships she endured– double mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiation, and, ultimately, breast reconstruction surgery– learning that chemotherapy treatment would likely leave her infertile was the hardest. With no time to harvest her eggs, Trish focused… Read more »

Hi there! This week I was made aware of a new campaign going on during breast cancer awareness month. NUK (the makers of the #1 pacifier) have partnered with the National Breast Cancer Foundation to give moms a new way to help fight breast cancer. This is the first time NBCF has partnered with a… Read more »

Get your eyes ready for the show. In just a few days October will begin, and with it will come a bonanza of pink. Everywhere you look you will find pink candies, pink tennis rackets, pink t-shirts, pink phone covers, pink cakes, pink pink PINK in every corner. If you wanted to have an entire… Read more »

Beloved author Judy Blume announced on her blog yesterday that she has undergone a mastectomy to treat breast cancer. Far from being maudlin or sad, she writes about her illness and treatments with her customary wit and honesty. The biopsy report was a shock. Isn’t it always? What do you do? Where do you go?… Read more »

Undergoing intense treatment for breast cancer unnecessarily is a chilling thought. Mammograms, considered a life-saving technology, are now being blamed for what is seen as over diagnosis of breast cancer. A recent Norwegian study suggests that up to a quarter of all breast cancer diagnoses made through mammograms are not life threatening. “In the study,… Read more »

Giuliana Rancic has breast cancer. The diagnosis came as a shock to the E! News host and reality show star, who decided to go through her third round of IVF treatments just week ago. During a visit to Monday morning’s Today Show (watch the clip below) the recently turned 37-year-old assured host Ann Curry she… Read more »

Who knew it could affect someone so young? The Daily Mail reports that a three-year-old Canadian girl was diagnosed and treated for breast cancer last year. Aleisha Hunter, now 4, needed a masectomy to treat the cancer in her breast. It started when she was two and her mom, Melanie, noticed a pea-sized lump near… Read more »

I couldn’t help but notice. I mean, I spend a lot of time writing about the connection between race and certain health disparities from low birthweight babies to high rates of hypertension. Many of these links are unexplainable, some can be tied to genetics or lifestyle choices. But a new study shows a disturbing link… Read more »

Not news I want to hear: Baby girls born at an above average weight or height or with a large head circumference could be at a greater risk for developing breast cancer later in life, according to a BBC report on London researchers who analyzed 32 breast-cancer studies involving approximately 600,000 women. Birth size could… Read more »

The benefits of breastfeeding keep expanding. As is being reported in the May 2008 issue of Epidemiology, adult women who were breast-fed during infancy generally have a reduced risk of developing breast cancer. More than two thousand women, aged 20 to 69 years, were randomly selected from driver’s license lists. They were compared with women… Read more »

Reese Witherspoon was doing her part to help the fight against breast cancer this past Sunday. Reese, who is Avon’s Global Ambassador, joined 3,500 partacipants in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. The weekend-long event raised $8.1 million! On her participation in the event Reese says, “I hope my presence can in some measure express… Read more »

Back in December, Kristina wrote that her cat was drawn to her warm pregnant belly and perhaps even sensed the pregnancy before her own body started giving her clues. My virtual friend WhyMommy over at Toddler Planet got a message from her infant when she was nursing him. He wouldn’t take her right breast. “Nothing… Read more »

Michele Altenburger, of Delphos, OH, was only 32 when she received the devastating diagnosis of breast cancer on June 13, 2006. She was also 24 weeks pregnant with twins. “I just had a breast exam by my OB doctor about a week and a half before that, and neither one of us noticed anything,” Altenburger… Read more »

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Royal baby fever is back! With less than a month to go until Kate’s due date – rumor has it that April 25 is the big day – everyone’s talking about the royal baby on the way. Who will be in the delivery room? What names are at the top of Kate and William’s list?… Read more »